William Woodbridge

William Woodbridge (20 August 1780-20 October 1861) was Governor of Michigan (W) from 7 January 1840 to 23 February 1841 (succeeding Stevens T. Mason and preceding James Wright Gordon) and a US Senator from 4 March 1841 to 4 March 1847, succeeding John Norvell and preceding Alpheus Felch.

Biography
William Woodbridge was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1780, and he moved to Marietta, Ohio with his family at the age of ten, becoming a lawyer in 1806. He served in the state legislature before serving as Secretary of the Michigan Territory from 1814 to 1828 under his friend, Governor Lewis Cass, and he served as acting governor during Cass' frequent absences. From 1819 to 1820, he was a territorial delegate to the US House of Representatives. He attended the state constitutional convention in 1835, and he went on to serve as Governor from 1840 to 1841, when he was elected to the US Senate, serving a full term as a Whig. He died in 1861.